[TheRealThing]

(1) Pre WW2, America always had a small standing force, and we did not get into countless wars all around the globe. When necessary, men and women would volunteer in defense of their nation. This gave us the advantage over all other enemies. Since the start of this nation, our generals and those around the world marveled at the ability of Americans to rise up and fight against "regular" forces. There's a really good book called America's Victories. It talks about how and why America won its wars. I recommend it to you all.

(2)Since the beginning of this nation our great leaders, Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln, Eisenhower, and many others fought and warned us about 2 things that could and would lead to the fall of this nation. Those 2 things were Banks gaining control of our money and economic system, and the rise of the Military Industrial Complex.

This last speech by Eisenhower talks about the threat of the MIC.


Of course the MIC rose up anyways, and now we have war after war for nothing but money.

(1) People like you are so shallow and uniformed it's shocking. In the days just before WWII, and during the war. It would have taken a week to steam from Pearl Harbor to say the Solomon Islands. Things were much slower then. In our day, aircraft with enough ordinance to blow the Solomons off the planet can be there in less than a day. Warfare in this day and time is infititely faster as is the threat deadly. The unprepared in this day, won't have time to gear up industry to manufacture war machines, including aircraft and naval vessels ala WWII. If we find ourselves unprepared for a China say, once the sword is placed to our neck all we could do is bow.

IMO, we have leaned way too heavily on the concept of MAD. If we will face a significant threat, and we will, hard and fast choices will have to be made. All this surgical and humane warfare of late, where we try to spare those we consider to be innocent of making war against us, will go by the wayside. Rules of engagement will go from the presently imposed, don't fire unless fired upon, to total nuclear destruction in the time one can make a phone call.


(2) The military industrial complex Eisenhower warned about was the blending of governmental and arms manufacturing leaders. Such an ill advised merger of the elite would necessarily drag the military into government and take on similar ramifications for the common man. The result would be something like the governments of Iraq, Iran, Russia, Cuba or the like. One day you get the nice Saddam Hussein in a suit, and the next you get the mean Saddam in military uniform. And, instead of folks like the CIA, and the FBI being careful not to violate your rights, you would find yourself slammed into the back of some truck on the way to detention or worse.

Not denying the concept of a central bank is probably not good.